The company had posted a net profit of Rs 21 crore for the same period last fiscal, JB Chemicals &amp; Pharmaceuticals said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

JB Chemicals net down 8% at Rs 19 cr

Business Standard

Tata Motors has plunged almost 5% at Rs 808 after reporting a marginal 0.5% year-on-year rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 2,000 crore, despite of 24% growth in net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. Analyst expected a net profit of Rs 2,212 crore from the India's biggest automobile manufacturer in terms of revenues.

Tata Motors skids on lower than expected Q1 net

Gujarat Gas Company has surged 12% to Rs 452 after reporting 67% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 96 crore for the second quarter ended June 2011. Net sales grew 41% at Rs 577 crore on y-o-y basis.

Gujarat Gas surges on healthy Q2 results

The turnover of the commodity futures market has risen by 58% to Rs 45,34,237 crore as of July 15 of the current fiscal, buoyed by increased trade in bullion and farm commodities, the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) said.

Commexes turnover up by 58% till July 15

Press Trust of India

Shares of Lanco Infratech today settled with sharp gains, defying the sluggish stock market, after the company said an Australian court has dismissed multi-national Perdaman Industries' application seeking a restrain on the Indian group from mortgaging assets of Griffin Coal in future.

Lanco Infra spurts after favourable ruling in Oz court

The markets declined as investors remained cautious over murky global outlook and expectations that the Reserve Bank of India would continue to hike rates after better than expected industrial output data.

Markets shrug off firm IIP, Sensex slips 220pts 

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 471.09 crore (provisional) today, according to data released by BSE.

FIIs net sellers of Rs 471 cr in cash mkt today

Leading bourse the National Stock Exchange (NSE) today said it had decided to levy charges for currency derivatives trading -- a move that follows a Competition Commission of India's (CCI) order holding it guilty of abusing its dominant position with this &quot;unfair&quot; pricing.

NSE to levy charges for currency derivatives trading

After being rapped by the competition watchdog, the National Stock Exchange has decided to charge transaction charges in the currency derivatives segment.

NSE to charge transaction fee on currency derivatives

Amid signs of more global turmoil, capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has planned a dedicated unit to mitigate systemic risks for the stock market.

Regulator pads up to protect market from systemic risks 

Shares of L&amp;T Finance Holdings (LNTFH) debuted on the stock exchanges at a discount of 1.93 per cent to its issue price. The issue which was priced at Rs 52 a share opened at Rs 51 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Friday.

L&T Finance Holdings lists at 1.93% discount

Trades between FIIs generated a volume of Rs 44 crore on the BSE Friday-an decrease of 6.50% from Rs 48 crore clocked on Thursday. As many as five stocks witnessed trades of 3.93 lakh shares on Friday.

FII-TO-FII: Grasim Ind traded at 4% premium

Renewed fears of another recession hitting US, following S&amp;P's downgrade, dragged the markets last week.

Weekly review: Sensex tumbles amid global tremors

A former managing director of the Nasdaq stock exchange has been sentenced to 42 months in prison and has been ordered to forfeit over $700,000 he illegally made in profits for his role in an insider trading scheme.

Former Nasdaq MD on insider trading charges

Apart from concerns over a slowdown of the US economy and the eurozone debt crisis, high domestic inflation and fears of an interest rate hike will keep the stock market volatile this week, say experts.

Inflation, interest rate concerns to keep mkts volatile

Sonam H Udasi heads a 10-member equities research team at IDBI Capital Market Services. He has advised people to buy, sell or hold shares, when he is not doing it himself, for the better part of his 14-odd years of work life.

When bears come calling, brokers take bond route

Companies with low promoter holding, especially those where the promoters have between 20 and 25 per cent stake, have seen their share prices spurt despite a falling market.

Equity of firms with low promoter stake rises

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have offloaded shares worth $1.30 billion (about Rs 5,829.40 crore) in the Indian equity market so far this month, as stock markets were rattled by global economic uncertainty.

FIIs pull out $1.5bn in first 12 days of Aug

The United Stock Exchange (USE), which has premier bourse BSE as its largest shareholder, has said it will soon take a call on imposing service charges on currency derivatives trading.

After NSE, USE to impose charge on currency derivatives trade

The long-term trend of the market turned bearish in November 2010, though this only became apparent in January 2011. On November 5, 2010, the Nifty peaked at 6,338 and it then corrected to a low of 5,721 on December 10. Subsequently on January 4, 2011, it hit a lower high of 6,181 &ndash; suggesting the trend had reversed.

All trends indicate further downside

Last week, the Sensex touched a low of 16,420, down nearly 900 points for the week.

Sensex likely to open higher today

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